Newburgh man arrested after fleeing police in stolen car

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Aug 25, 2012 at 1:27 PMAug 25, 2012 at 1:41 PM

CITY OF NEWBURGH – A Newburgh man suspected of stealing scrap metal from a vacant home led police on a car chase Friday and hit a parked car before being arrested in a stolen car, Newburgh police said.

James Earl Evans, 48, jumped from a blue Acura after hitting a car parked at 221 Third St. He fled into a vacant building but was captured after officers deployed K9 “Tanzo,” police said.

Evans was arrested by officers responding to an 8:30 a.m. report of suspects swiping radiators from a vacant home on Fullerton Avenue.

The car left before officers arrived. But police said they developed a license-plate number and learned the Acura had been reported stolen from outside Newburgh Free Academy's repair shop weeks ago.

Evans was spotted in the car on Washington Street and fled when an officer tried to pull him over in the area of William and Ann streets, police said.

After being captured he was charged with third-degree grand larceny and third-degree criminal possession of stolen property, felonies.

He was also charged with several misdemeanors and vehicle-and-traffic violations, and sent without bail to Orange County Jail.